§ 6-21-409 - Assessment of damages for publisher's failure to comply. - Arkansas Statutes

6-21-409. Assessment of damages for publisher's failure to comply.

(a) The State Board of Education is authorized to assess any publisher any amount of damages to the State of Arkansas for failure to comply with the terms of the publisher's contract or any published regulation of the state board, provided that the publisher has been given a hearing before the state board regarding the assessment of damages.

(b) Failure to reimburse the state within six (6) months after notice of assessment has been served on the publisher shall give the state board the right to cancel all the contracts of the publisher involved and to forbid the publisher to bid in any future adoptions for a maximum period of five (5) years from the date that damages are assessed under this section.